The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs grabbed headlines for months and while the trial itself is over, many are still speaking out in its aftermath. Despite Diddy’s long list of celebrity party goers, only a few big names came up during the trial and one star who is very glad she didn’t need to testify was Aubrey O’Day.
O’Day rose to prominence as part of the Making the Band reality show (which was produced by Diddy), which saw the creation of Danity Kane. As somebody who was close to him at one time, it was certainly possible she could have had information useful to the case, on one side or the other. However, O’Day tells E! that she didn’t expect to be asked to testify, and she’s quite glad she didn’t need to. Testifying in federal court wasn’t exactly on her bucket list. In her words…
I don’t wish for things like testifying in a federal trial—those aren’t things I wish for. I wish for inner peace and a really good boba tea. I don’t wish to sit on the stand in federal trials.
As somebody who also appreciates really good boba tea, I can get behind that sentiment. For somebody who hopes to find inner peace, testifying in a federal racketeering trial seems pretty antithetical to that goal. The trial saw several people who testified get very emotional, and the allegations got quite serious at times. Peaceful was certainly not a word to describe it.
Diddy was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
While there was considerable speculation before the trial about which celebrities might be drawn into the proceedings, few were directly involved. Rapper Kid Cudi was the biggest name who testified regarding an incident where his car was set on fire, an attack he believes Diddy was responsible for. Most celebrities whose names were dropped, like Brad Pitt, were simply attached to incidents described at trial by their proximity but were not directly involved.
rapper with a troubled image, Kanye West.